newyorkthegoldenage:A (very) early shot of radiation treatment, May 16, 1924. A cancer patient is ly
newyorkthegoldenage:A (very) early shot of radiation treatment, May 16, 1924. A cancer patient is lying under a 200,000 volt super x-ray machine developed at Columbia University by faculty from the Department of Physics and engineers from General Electric. The patient is protected by lead shields with only the cancerous area exposed.Photo: Underwood Archives/Getty Images -- source link